Protection from radiation‐associated small bowel injury with the aid of an absorbable mesh
作者:
Dennis F. Devereux,
期刊:
Seminars in Surgical Oncology
(WILEY Available online 1986)
卷期:
Volume 2,
issue 1
页码: 17-23
ISSN:8756-0437
年代: 1986
DOI:10.1002/ssu.2980020103
出版商: John Wiley&Sons, Inc.
关键词: radiation enteritis;polyglycolic acid mesh;radiation therapy of pelvic malignancies
数据来源: WILEY
摘要:
AbstractRadiation associated small bowel injury results from aggressive treatment of pelvic malignancies with radiation therapy. The incidence increases when radiation therapy follows pelvic surgery due to adhesions that form between the small bowel and the operated site. Application of an absorb‐able polyglycolic acid mesh to keep the small bowel from descending into the pelvis and around the operated site prevents this complication. Use to date in humans and non‐human primates has not been associated with any complicati
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